[UK-CONTEST] NON-ROPOCO

[Clive Whelan]

Actually this is an excellent opportunity for HFCC to be proactive in 
establishing and promoting a "ROLOCO" event ( many a true word......) on 
a European level. With the best will in the world, the postcode format 
is never likely to hack it outside the UK. Locators however are truly 
universal, and enjoy the advantage that they have a standard format- viz 
LLnnLL-, so you k-n-o-w if you copied it incorrectly format-wise, and 
the worst excesses( though amusing) of mangled post codes should be 
avoided.

I suggested to HFCC some time ago ( whilst I was adjudicator) that one 
of the ROPOCO events be converted to Sprint format, but the silence was 
deafening. A newly established ROLOCO event should enable this without 
accusations of tinkering with something that ain't broke. Our European 
cousins are already well versed  in the Sprint format, and the 
change-averse Brits could learn on the fly.

Possibly 40m would be a better choice for such an event, and would avoid 
upsetting the OF brigade on 80m. Timing would clearly need some 
consideration. I'd also propose a 100w limit to avoid the domination of 
certain events by >1500w stations in certain parts of Europe. A trophy 
would be be a good promotional tool, and I k-n-o-w that there is a 
number of redundant trophies just gathering dust at RSGB HQ, e.g. the 
7Mhz DX cups.


How about it HFCC?


73


Clive
GW3NJW

Dave Sharred wrote:
> GW3SQX said:
> "Non-UK stations could send their Locator, which has a similar format to
> post
> codes.  In fact, we could all send our locators as the first exchange,
> although this might be the basis of a different contest"
>
>
> I guess you would call it ROLOCO !
>
> I had half a mind to enter this year; although I was up nice and early, I
> forgot totally about it !!!
>
> 73
>
> Dave
> G3NKC
>
>
>
>
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